From the Department of the Obvious comes a Stanford
University study on obesity: Kids are more likely to be overweight if their
parents are, too.

Oh?

No, really, thatís it. The entire conclusion from the
fancy Stanford University School of Medicine. Their announcement contains
this zinger:

"The findings of this study suggest that at-risk
children may be identifiable in the first few years of life."

And this one, based on the observation that children with
highly sensitive natures tend toward overweight:

"It is likely that parents with emotional children
feed them to reduce the frequency of tantrums instead of using non-food
methods. Itís probably not a good idea to use food as a calmer."

Oh, again.

We have to ask how often the Stanford doctors go to a
fast-food restaurant, or a grocery store - or, come to think of it, any
place where families are seen buying food or eating together. Thereís got
to be a connection between the parentsí weight and the kidsí, when they
all eat the same way.

Dark Matter suspected so all along. Of course, Dark Matter
didnít get research money from the U.S. National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development.